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In the night time streets of Ankh-Morpork caution is an absolute. There is no such thing as moderately cautious. You are either very cautious, or you are dead. You might be walking around and breathing, but you’re dead, just the same.
(Guards Guards)
In the night time streets of Ankh-Morpork caution is an absolute. There is no such thing as moderately cautious. You are either very cautious, or you are dead. You might be walking around and breathing, but you’re dead, just the same.
(Guards Guards)
"Look, don't you understand?" shouted Arthur. He pointed at Prosser. "That man wants to knock my house down!"
Ford glanced at him, puzzled.
"Well he can do it while you're away can't he?" he asked.
"But I don't want him to!"
"Ah."
"Look, don't you understand?" shouted Arthur. He pointed at Prosser. "That man wants to knock my house down!"
Ford glanced at him, puzzled.
"Well he can do it while you're away can't he?" he asked.
"But I don't want him to!"
"Ah."
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
-- George Carlin
This planet has—or rather had—a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
-- George Carlin
This planet has—or rather had—a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
Anarchism is "stateless socialism."
-- Mikhail Bakunin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation products that "it is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all."
Anarchism is "stateless socialism."
-- Mikhail Bakunin
Dance like you're Thom Yorke on stage and everyone is watching.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation products that "it is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all."
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
most of Mastodon’s implementation of the Oembed API is actually really good. they’ve worked really hard to limit their dependency on javascript to render the embeds. that means fast loading toots.
but forcing a QT to be triggered by a boost kills OEmbed’s ease of use. we should be able to cut & paste a link and be done with it.
it also subverts one of the most important aspects of writing: freedom to attribute via a quote, citation or blockquote… 🧵
Mastodon’s implementation of consent for #quote #quotedToots needs further development.
METADA is created with XML because, as opposed to HTML, you can create your own meta tags. this should make it possible to set the quoteability based on its visibility. it would also correct for people’s wrong interpretation of public/private.
if you can be boosted, you can be quoted. this shouldn’t be controversial.
again: to be able to give attribution is a core principle of #freedom of the #press /🧵
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
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